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Hamlet

The motion picture of all time ... for all time!

7.4 / 10

153 minutes

1948-12-10

English

GB

Actors :

Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer, Jean Simmons, Terence Morgan, Peter Cushing, Stanley Holloway, Russell Thorndike, John Laurie, Esmond Knight, Anthony Quayle, Harcourt Williams, Patrick Troughton

Description

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2/4/2024, 7:55:38 AM

Did you ever notice how Laurence Olivier never looks to camera when he speaks in this film? Even during the most potent of his soliloquies, he always manages to avoid any direct eye contact with the audience! His "Hamlet", here, though, is the definitive representation of this troubled Shakespearian character and combined with an excellently selected cast, we are presented with quite a compelling ...